I loved the cat tower and my cats love the cat tower but I couldn't put it together until I finally got a package from  another company that identified each part with a letter of the alphabet and then gave you instructions where every part went- and then I loved it !!!  It was all so easy then and I was proud of myself for puttting it together and it looked so good and my cats learned how to get around in it also!!  It does need more direcxtionns so we can all put it together.